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Posts by Rouba Wehbe Hiriart
For Arabophones:
My article on the PLO’s properties in Lebanon, published in Al Akhbar’s opinion section, examines the complexities of land tenureship within this property portfolio and how these dynamics have shaped both its use value and exchange value.
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"La politique et les actions d'Israël à Gaza répondent à la définition juridique du génocide énoncée à l'article 2 de la Convention des Nations Unies pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide (1948)".
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Le 30 août 2025, au moins 77 Palestiniens tués par les frappes de l'armée israélienne seenthis.net/messages/113...
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This map is part of my Phd in Urban studies, defended in dec. 2024 and which examined land and housing submarkets that emerge in land tenure situation characterised by insecurity and inertia as it is the case for the PLO's property stock in Lebanon.
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#Beirut; #Lebanon; #Palestine; #PLO; #Land-tenure-insecurity; #civil-war; #Political-fief; #Political-organisation; #gentrification; #urban-change; #land-value
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And through “invisible” traces in the form of distinctive land tenure systems, underscoring the lasting spatial and political imprint of political organisations on Beirut’s urban fabric. For full blog post:https://lnkd.in/eGxDh3WH
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The legacy of this settlement persists today through both visible remains, such as former headquarters damaged or repurposed since the 1982 Israeli invasion.
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This political investment in land and services reshaped the district’s built environment and socio-economic profile, producing a form of neighbourhood transformation comparable to gentrification but driven by non-market actors.
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It concentrated political, military, cultural, and social infrastructures alongside allied Lebanese leftist organisations and its economic arm, Samed.
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At its political, financial, and social peak between 1971 and 1982, the PLO established an extensive presence in the Tariq al-Jdideh district—known as the “Republic of Fakhani”.
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The case of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) urban settlement in Beirut during the 1970s reveals how neighbourhood identity in the city cannot be fully explained through the dominant dual lens of religious affiliation and gentrification-driven land value extraction.
8 months ago
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Remembering a political fief: the Republic Fakhani in Beirut (PLO headquarters)
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Securing property rights is an integral part of any housing and reconstruction policy, especially in cities that have experienced war, forced displacement and informal settlements. Very insightful as usual from Aziz Hallaj
www.sot-sy.com/article/1680
8 months ago
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Des diplomates français•es dénoncent le nettoyage ethnique en Palestine et demandent "la suspension de toute fourniture de matériels de guerre à Israël"
Ce que le gouvernement et Emmanuel Macron se refusent toujours à décider au nom du partenariat avec Israël
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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Only the security council can recommend suspending/expelling Israel (& the US veto will always block that). But in 1974 the general assembly voted to reject the South African delegation, preventing it from participating in the GA's work.
Why hasn't that happened to Israel now?
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"Anas Al-Sharif et cinq autres journalistes ont été tués par l’armée israélienne le dimanche 10 août 2025. Les journalistes qui ne dénoncent pas ce crime en ces termes en sont directement complices."
Journalistes tués à #Gaza, légitimation des médias français, un édito de @sarragrira.bsky.social
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Life for Palestinians under apartheid in the occupied West Bank.
Part of a report by Stuart Ramsay.
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This Canadian newspaper is spreading propaganda and lies about a murdered journalist and helping provide cover for Israel's war crimes.
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Ziad Rahbani’s genius was never apolitical. From “Wahdon” to “Tal el Zaatar,” his music, plays, and satire wove art into the fabric of resistance. As Maysaa Ajjan writes, his legacy proves that for Rahbani, art was always a political act.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
8 months ago
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Presque 900 signatures, continuons à faire circuler cet appel contre ce châtiment collectif inacceptable. Il est urgent d'accueillir étudiants et collègues de Gaza
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Lundi 4 août : l'armée israélienne tue au moins 104 personnes à Gaza. 5 personnes sont mortes de faim, soit 180 au total en raison de la famine organisée par les autorités d'occupation seenthis.net/messages/112...
8 months ago
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Bluesky just makes up excuses to treat Palestinians (Such as Alaa here) unfairly.
chuffed.org/project/help...
Alaa, Musa, Ella, and Ellen all need to escape Gaza, still. Donate or spread this around so they can afford to move to Egypt!
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Doctors Without Borders are saying in the totality of their organization they've never seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians as they are seeing in Gaza right now.
The GHF isn't saving lives, it's torturing people.
www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-hu...
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